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Shining the light on Australia's darkest place

With MONA's notoriety, a highlight of Tasmania's calendar is now the Dark Mofo festival, celebrating all those things that go bump in the night, but not the Scooby Doo, cartoony kind. ... Wholeheartedly embracing the chills of Hobart's night air and ... >> view original

Murder suspect named as dead Tas inmate

A Hobart prison inmate who died in custody has been identified as South Australian man Robin Michael, who was charged with murdering his wife. Michael, 63, was found dead in his cell at Risdon Prison on Monday morning and is the second inmate to die ... >> view original

Food van at Doo-Town wins state's best fish and chips award

A fish and chip van at Doo-Town south of Hobart has won a statewide award for Tasmania's best fish and chips. Almost 200 people gathered in Hobart to celebrate Tasmania's growing seafood industry. The biannual Tasmanian Seafood Awards recognise ... >> view original

Is the iPhone 7 on its way?

IF YOU are getting ready to upgrade your smartphone, you might want to hold off a little longer with Apple's iPhone 7 expected for release sooner rather than later. According to Bloomberg, insider sources have said manufacturing of the new iPhones will ... >> view original

'Breaking Bad' -- The Video Game?

Could Walter White and Jesse Pinkman be returning to your living room screens soon via the PS4? That's the question Christopher Groux asked in his tech column on Design & Trend as he reports that Sony, maker of the Playstation line of video game ... >> view original

Android's sun sets on Eclipse

Google has decided Android Studio is all you need to make apps, and by the end of the year will no longer support the venerable but popular Eclipse IDE. Android product manager Jamal Eason has blogged that in recent years “our team has focused on ... >> view original

Holden's Euro-sourced Insignia VXR lands

NEW CHALLENGER: Holden's new Insignia VXR boasts all-wheel drive and a 239kW Aussie-made 2.8-litre turbocharged V6. Related Items. New 2015 SV6 Holden Commodore Lightning editions strike · Holden Astra is back from $26,990, convertible from ... >> view original

HotShots: Concerned dads create app for sharing nude snaps as they bid to ...

Two dads worried about revenge porn have invented an app to allow the safe sharing of nude photos. Snap-sharing service HotShots stops users taking screenshots of racy pictures - which are also wiped daily from the server. Co-creators Shane Bell and ... >> view original

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg to Chinese graduates: 'Win Hearts, Not Minds'

Hong Kong (CNN) Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg urged Tsinghua graduates to "win hearts" if they want to become world class leaders, a quality her late husband Dave Goldberg exemplified. Sandberg was in Beijing Saturday to give the commencement ... >> view original

Apple Music coming to Sonos soon

When Apple announced the acquisition of Beats, several concerns were raised about the future of Sonos speakers. Ex Beats Music CEO and current Apple Music Senior Director Ian Rogers has confirmed in a tweet that Apple Music would be coming to Sonos ... >> view original